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liniana, or Carolina strawberry, with many others arising from 
these, diiFering principally in the colour of their fruit. 
The first, or scarlet strawberry, has dark green leaves and of a 
more even surface than the others; the flowering stems are shorter, 
and the fruit is frequently concealed among the leaves. It is the 
earliest in ripening its fruit, for which reason it merits esteem had 
it nothing else to recommend it; but the fruit is so good as to be 
generally preferred to most others. 
The second, or hautboy strawberry, has larger and thicker leaves 
than the scarlet, oval-lanceolate, and rough; the fruit is of a pale 
red, much larger than the scarlet, and of a musky flavour, of which 
there are several varieties differing in shape and colour, but that 
called the globe hautboy is the best and most improved fruit. 
The third, or Chili strawberry, has oval hairy leaves of a much 
thicker substance than any sort yet known, and stand upon very 
strong hairy foot-stalks; the runners from the plants are very large, 
hairy, and extend to a great length, putting out plants at several 
distances. The peduncles are very strong; the leaves of the calyx 
are long and hairy. The flowers are large and are often deformed, 
and when cultivated in strong loamy land, the plants produce plenty 
of large, firm, well flavoured fruit; in a light soil this kind is not 
generally very productive. 
The fourth, or Alpine strawberry, has small oval leaves, small 
flowers, and middle-sized, oblong, pointed fruit; the plants and 
fruit are considerably larger than the wood strawberry, and are 
particularly valuable for their continuing to bear fruit successively 
from June till the autumn frosts put a stop to them, but with the 
help of hot-beds, &c. they may be kept in a bearing state the whole 
year round. The reason of its long continuance in fruit is, that 
the runners which it throws out during the summer, shoot up into 
flowers and fruit the same year. Of this there are four varieties, 
the scarlet fruited, red fruited, white fruited and scarlet blossomed. 
This is said to be a native of the Alps, in Europe. 
The fifth, or pine-apple strawberry, has leaves which much re- 
semble those of the scarlet strawberry, but are larger, of a thicker 
substance, and the indentures of their edges are blunter: the run- 
ners are much larger and hairy: the peduncles are stronger, the 
flowers much larger, and the fruit approaches in size, shape, and 
colour, to the Chili strawberry. As this produces a great quantity 
of fruit when the plants are kept clear from runners (and the fruit 
is very large) it is well worthy of cultivation. The fruit of this 
variety has somewhat of the smell and taste of the pine-apple, from 
whence it takes its name. 
In the cultivation of strawberries, much depends upon the choice 
of plants; for if they are promiscuously taken from the beds with- 
out care, a great number of them will become barren; these are by 
the gardeners termed blind, which is when there are plenty of flow- 
ers but no fruit produced; if these flowers are well examined they 
will be found to want the female organs.of generation, most of them 
abounding with stamina, but there are few, if any styles; so that 
it frequently happens among these barren plants that some of them 
